In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury introduces two women who influence the life of the main character Guy Montag, a firefighter whose job dedicates to destroying books. The seventeen-year-old neighbor Clarisse McClellan is mentioned first and provides the stimulus for Montag’s new outlook on life. His wife Mildred, whose personality differs completely from Clarisse’s, portrays the second woman who impacts Montag. With their differences, Clarisse and Mildred influence Montag in opposite ways with their words, emotions, and outlooks on life.
Since words can inspire or degrade a person, the words that Clarisse and Mildred speak impact Montag differently. These women coexist in the same world but have quite a difference with words. Clarisse decides …show more content…
Clarisse takes awe with the world and gives joy. She enjoys walking in the rain, smelling flowers, and watching people. Her life moves at a slower pace, and she has the ability to enjoy the simple things. Clarisse’s emotions create a desire in Montag to actually feel more emotions. In contrast, Mildred does not show any emotion towards anything. Mildred has withdrawn into cold, distant, and unreadable shell. Montag tries to evoke emotions from Mildred, but the only emotions which emerge are conveyed in fear of being caught or fear of change in her secluded …show more content…
Montag struggles with his view of how society operates with the burning of books and the oppression of free thought. The major stimulus in his life to motivate this change arose from a young girl named Clarisse. His wife Mildred has withdrawn from him, and he tries unsuccessfully to evoke the same emotional responses from her. Even after Clarisse’s death, Montag pursues the new changes he happens to feel. Much of a person’s life is influenced by words, emotions, and outlook on life. Some people can be positive influences like Clarisse, and others can be negative influences like Mildred. Since it is up to the individual to decide to whom to listen, Montag decided to listen to the
Since words can inspire or degrade a person, the words that Clarisse and Mildred speak impact Montag differently. These women coexist in the same world but have quite a difference with words. Clarisse decides …show more content…
Clarisse takes awe with the world and gives joy. She enjoys walking in the rain, smelling flowers, and watching people. Her life moves at a slower pace, and she has the ability to enjoy the simple things. Clarisse’s emotions create a desire in Montag to actually feel more emotions. In contrast, Mildred does not show any emotion towards anything. Mildred has withdrawn into cold, distant, and unreadable shell. Montag tries to evoke emotions from Mildred, but the only emotions which emerge are conveyed in fear of being caught or fear of change in her secluded …show more content…
Montag struggles with his view of how society operates with the burning of books and the oppression of free thought. The major stimulus in his life to motivate this change arose from a young girl named Clarisse. His wife Mildred has withdrawn from him, and he tries unsuccessfully to evoke the same emotional responses from her. Even after Clarisse’s death, Montag pursues the new changes he happens to feel. Much of a person’s life is influenced by words, emotions, and outlook on life. Some people can be positive influences like Clarisse, and others can be negative influences like Mildred. Since it is up to the individual to decide to whom to listen, Montag decided to listen to the